Posted on 02/15/2022 9:52:50 PM PST by BenLurkin
We know from seismic wave data that the inner core is soft, with a low shear-wave velocity, meaning it can't just be solid iron or iron alloy. Some scientists think there could be a second inner inner core, while others think that due to the lighter density than would be expected by pure iron alone, there could be some light elements as an alloy.
But a new study, led by Yu He from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has now investigated the potential phase of matter this mix of elements may exist in down, arriving at the suggestion that the 'solid' state of the core might really be a superionic state instead.
Superionic is another state of matter – alongside solid, liquid, and gas – but with distinct differences. In superionic water – which was recently made in a lab – extremely high temperatures and pressures break apart each water molecule, leaving the oxygen ions to form a solid, while the hydrogen ions float around more like a liquid.
In the hot inner core of Earth, the team used computer simulations of how seismic waves would travel through different combinations of elements, and discovered that alloys of iron with carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen could work the same way as superionic water.
The iron atoms were 'solid' in the crystalline lattice structure, whereas the carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen molecules would diffuse through the medium, creating the liquid-like element.
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Yu She is not convinced
Yu They is neither
“Yu She is not convinced
Yu They is neither”
Yu She has ALWAYS been that way - doesn’t care if her husband is about to win a Nobel - He still needs to be put in his place. As to Yu They, they’re still young and don’t really know what’s going on, but they will in a few years, when they’ll be very proud of Yu He.
When Yu gives a presentation Hu gets the check?
Imagine if the earth just caved in that would be a wild 30 seconds
Is He serious? Can Yu believe this? What can We conclude from this?
Lol/ Yep, a wild way to end it all.
Judging by the surface, I think the core is in a super moronic state.
The center of the earth obviously contains a propulsion system. Otherwise the earth would fall from the sky. Dum
Yu He, who he? Related to Xi Here?
Yu? He on first. (Chinese version of the skit).
I guess Won Ton is on second and Wu Han Luke is on third!
Lumps in the iron could be that God did not mix the ingredients enough.
It could be a source of Unobtanium....
The description reminds me of my Bolognese sauce.
(But to the point, FReepers kno the world has no core ‘cos it’s flat)
“...the carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen molecules would diffuse through the medium, creating the liquid-like element.”
...which — owing to extreme pressure, could be forced upward through strata where these organic elements could reform, under reduced pressures much nearer the surface, into hydrocarbon chains...
FURTHER support for the proposition that crude oil is geological in origin; it’s “planet juice.”
Just enough time for some end-of-the-word sex.
Uuummmmm...
The iron atoms were ‘solid’ in the crystalline lattice structure,...
Face centered, body centered, or some other kind?
Third base.
Nothing to Xi Here. Move it along...
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